On the top of that pedestal is … absolutely nothing. No statue, no dedication, no explanation. The only clue that anything once graced the vacant platform is faded etching on the stone.

It is decorated with a picture of the statue and pedestal; and, very appropriately, with the heads of Washington and Lafayette. Later in the day, Captain Selfridge, of the U. S. man-of-war Omaha ...

Lafayette was born enslaved in New Kent County in the mid-18th century. During the Revolution, his enslaver, William Armistead, managed American military supplies in Williamsburg, where Lafayette ...

Lafayette was born enslaved in New Kent County in the mid-18th century. During the Revolution, his enslaver, William Armistead, managed American military supplies in Williamsburg, where Lafayette ...

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